Concrete fence



3. 2'@ flV/ Sept. 2, 1930. J. N. ALLAiN 1,774,784 CONCRETEFENCE Filed Jupe 16, 19284 Inventor Il By raisaieesept 2, i930 r cosnri'i n. Mineria,Y or NEW ORLEANS, LonisIANA A Application filed. June 16,1928.' SerialkNo. 286,(320.'k I i Y. This invention relates to aniinprcved con-y 13 and the lower vone bythe reference charac` Y crete fence discovered yinan lefi'ort to `profterll. The top slab isV fornied with an ornafl x duce a structure which is an improvement mental 'rib 15. The lower or bottom slab 14 is A l 'upon known patented and niai'-ket-ecl`fei'ices located on the ground and rests upon the of thel'sainegeneralclass. plate 1l, and the shoulders 6, wherebyy it isv55 4 Y Nhat I have endeavored to do istopro afforded a firm and dependable balance.

vide a structural achievement in the art, Which These rails or slabs are provided With tongues w is easy to erect, sturdy and reliable when in and groovesfor cooperaticnwith'the short'.

operative position, ornamental in appearance,v vertical concrete pickets'l. jIt follows tooV i i0` andV capable. of f ullilling the requirements of that the pickets are formed With tongues and 60 a structure of this class vin a dependable and grooves :for coopera-tion With the coinplev efiicient manner. mental parts of the rail. rEhe picketsV are lo- The novelty Vis predicated upon the. deicated in `long-itudinally 'spaced relation tofr` i I tails and theirparticular relationship and' providean'open-Work design. Y V1 5 will becoineainore readilyapparent frornlthe In-practice, the pil 10 is 4anchored. intheo following description and drawings. bottom of thehole'and the plate'9 is set'inV i Infthe drawings: i y position, and then the forinc (not shown) is Figure lisa fragmentary sectional and ele- Vset` inplace yand the concrete is poured for vational View of a portionof a concrete fence lmaking the post. The` post as Well as the constructed in accordance with` the present other parts may be completed and shipped 70 j inventioni. l n p tothe place of erection, since the'parts'are y Figure 2 is averti'cal'section taken ap, interchangeableandpthen'leviSQd tofperinit proximately upon the plane ofthe line 2-2 of quick erectionfofaconcrete fence rof thisl Figure l. i construction. 25 Figure 3 is a horizontalsection on the line ,It is obvious that the grooves in the Sides 3-3 of Figure l, and' l f Figure 4 is a perspective view of 'a special and the ends of the horizontal rails. Itfisf@ post top. ,i thought that a clear understandingrof the Referring totl'iedrawing by numerals yit method'` ofconstruction will be had afterV Will` bessen vthat the post 5 is characterized considering the invention with the drawings. S by the presence of a pair of opposite grooves lherefore a more lengthy vdescription is reif or channels and a pair of outstandingshoulgarded unnecessary. Y V 1 ders 6, located adjacent the bottoni.- 1 Minor changes in the shapey and size corn- Y Fitted on the top of this post is a C3117 ing Within the field of inventionclailnedrnay ofappropriate configuration having a pain belyegorte'cl' tdlf'clslred. y 1 8i of .spaced lugs @receivable inv the grooves inV l claimt.' t v an obvious inanner. The lower end of the f A' @Eerste fencmprlslngu plurality' f pst festssnta' Seat @rm-.ed m the llpper 51de `rposts having; longitudinally extending s 40 E51 Oll frotled tthe. btt grooves on tvvo opposite faces of each post, a l 90' e t ul C' LSSOC-m pluralityof concrete slabs having their ends Withthis plate9 is a Small separat-e pile 10 *d .t d f l. th UF t1 y "which serves to steady and center the post a apre v or reqepdotl m e @moves O .le Y l and also vassociated `with the'shoul'ders 6 is pgst for Connection with Sad post aplurahty l asimilar plate 11, forming a facing or ground 01 spaced 'Concrete Plekets mounted between l y line plata f *Y the slabs and having a tongue and ygroove con-'95, l

`Attention is novv invited to the horizontal BQCOD Wlth thefmengloned Slabs; Sad POS?" railsin the form of concrete slabs l2.' To "hwlllg LTGUHI, engilglng Shoulders fmed i' effect adistinction, the interniediate'slabs areV thereon, a concrete plate carried by th@ 100St represented'- by the reference .charactersv 12,'V adjacentisaid shouldera' and cooperating l .tlie'tOp rail er slab by the reference character wthsaid shoulders to prvide a Supporting ofthe post serve toreceive'the end pickets y i V surface for the lowerrnoet horizontal slab, and ,caps onthe posts havin@ lugs receivable f in the grooves of the post, the lower ends of "the lugs resting upon the upper longitudinal edges'of the uppermostslabs.

- In testimony whereof I aX my signatue.

` JOSEPH N. ALLLALINV 

